ESG, EDI and Impact Manager

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract and play a key role in advancing our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and broader impact agenda during a period of parental leave cover. You’ll take on a varied and rewarding role including working across new and portfolio investments, strengthening our data and reporting environment, and contributing to the continued evolution of our impact practice.

This position is ideal for someone with experience in ESG and/or EDI delivery who is looking to deepen or broaden their expertise within the dynamic field of social impact investing. As we enter a new strategic phase at BSC and transition toward becoming a tech-first organisation, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape and enhance our established ESG, EDI and impact frameworks for the future.

Our team brings together diverse backgrounds and shared motivation: transforming the way mainstream financial markets deliver meaningful, lasting impact for people across the UK. We’re deeply committed to learning and development including offering a unique opportunity to accelerate your growth through hands-on project work, in-house training, and observation of our Investment Committee.

If you’re passionate about improving lives and excited by the challenge of designing creative, practical solutions to complex problems, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will do

Lead ESG and EDI analysis and monitoring for new and portfolio investments, including:

• Leading ESG and EDI analysis for new investments across property, lending and venture investments, working with deal teams and engaging with fund managers.
• Presenting ESG and EDI analysis and any key actions to BSC’s Investment Committee via our decision paper and contribute to the discussion where questions arise from Investment Committee members.
• Undertake ESG and EDI analysis for priority historic portfolio investments to establish a consistent baseline understanding across our portfolio.

Support the development of our ESG, EDI and Impact approach, including:

• Supporting the continuous improvement and implementation of our ESG and EDI data approach for our Social Impact Investment Portfolio and Treasury Portfolio, led by BSC’s Head of Data.
• Support the development of our ESG monitoring approach for our Treasury Portfolio, led by Head of Investment Management and Investment Director, Treasury and Portfolio.
• Lead the development of our Engagement approach including designing toolkits with deal leads and establishing effective monitoring processes.
• Lead the development of our Governance Due Diligence approach.
• Support on the development of our wider impact management approach as required and of interest to the role holder to support their learning and development.

Support the delivery of key disclosures, reporting and re-certification, including:

• Lead the delivery of key ESG disclosures for BSC including our Principles for Responsible Investment, Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and annual EDI survey with managers.
• Lead the delivery of key ESG and regulatory disclosures for our client product, SBSI, including TCFD and Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) reporting.
• Support BSC’s BCorp recertification process.

Support the delivery of internal and external working groups, including:  

• Internal working groups such as the EDI Investment and Portfolio Action Group, EDI People and Culture Action Group, and EDI Steering Group
• External forums such as the Diversity Forum, ventureESG, DiversityVC and BVCA DEI Taskforce.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable commitment to improving lives in the UK
• Demonstrable experience of ESG and/or EDI analysis of investments
• Demonstrable experience of stakeholder management and strong interpersonal skills
• Proven project management skills
• Experience using data and technology to enable effective delivery of ESG, EDI and/or impact management.

Desirable

• Experience in the financial, charitable or public sectors
• Experience of impact management, preferably in the context of impact investing
• Experience or knowledge of regulatory sustainability frameworks, such as TCFD and SDR, and sustainability reporting frameworks, such as PRI
• Experience of corporate sustainability, preferably in small to medium organisations

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Structured thinker - able to deal with complexity and keep focus in the face of challenge or uncertainty.
• Innovative, creative, and strategic approach to problem solving.
• Collegial team player - Flexible and willing to work with and contribute to a team
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to harness, analyse, and interpret data
• Relationship management – excellent interpersonal skills and able to build relationships at all levels.
• A confident and effective communicator with an ability to integrate within and across teams
• Hunger for continued learning and development, including supporting the development of others
• Self-starter - able to work under own initiative and source new opportunities

Embody Better Society Capital core values:

Purposeful –We are passionate and energetic in our work to bring about our long-term vision of a thriving social investment market that enables positive social impact.

Pioneering Spirit - We give our team the autonomy and flexibility to be entrepreneurial and creative. We have the courage to push boundaries and a restless drive for change

Openness - We listen, learn, experiment and collaborate.  And we are adaptive and flexible in responding to what we learn.

Rigorous - We take a rigorous approach in all we do.  We expect the highest standards and continually strive for excellence

Respectful - We are genuine in both our approach and aspiration.  We value each member of our team and our partners for what they bring.

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from racialised communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Other terms

Right to work: Candidates need to have the existing right to work in the UK

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Better Society Capital is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the communities we serve. We therefore welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, particularly those under-represented in the social impact investment sector (e.g. people from LGBTQIA+, racialised, disabled, or under-served communities)

We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential. We want every colleague to be able to deliver their work with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Our office is fully accessible with step-free access and an open-plan set up. We are open to accommodation requests regarding assistive technologies, accessibility tools, flexible working or any other reasonable adjustments that will make working or visiting here more accessible for you.